June 22/03 1:40 am - 25 Km to go at Beauce

With less than 30 kilometres remaining, Swindlehurst continues to lead on his own. He has 50 seconds on Lubo Tesar (Ed's System - ZVVZ), Svein Tuft (Prime Alliance) and Swindlehurst's own team mate Jeff Louder. The peloton is at 2:20 and seems to be exhausted of chasing at this point. Tesar and Louder are highest on GC, at 6:06 and 6:09 behind race leader Lieswyn (7 Up-Maxxis) respectively. Tuft won this stage 2 years ago, and knows what it takes.